There is Bogota, NJ ( bo-gota) sandwich between the NYC West Shore line and Susquehanna RR. Not to be confused with Bogota Columbia ( bo-go-ta)
Binghamton ( bing-ham-ton) NY (NO"P")
Dusquene ( Dyoo-KANE)
Too few people understand that the sounds come first and the spelling--often imperfectly--comes afterwards. For one thing, there are 40 or 42 discrete phonemes in the English Language, but there are only 26 letters in the alphabet (and 3 of them are more-or-less useless). For another, pronunciation changes as the years pass, but spellings tend to fossilize. Finally, the vocabulary of Modern English stems from a large variety of languages, many of whom have entirely different phonetic/phonemic patterns. And the icing on the cake is that different dialects of English change in different ways at different times (though modern broadcast media are leveling the process somewhat).
Well let us not forget these:
Bucyrus... built in Bucyrus Ohio...
And the Cuyahoga RR
And Schenectady NY...
Worcester Massachusetts:
Kissimmee, Florida:
And let us not even talk about Towns and cities in Hawaii !
superwarp1 posted:OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:Just be nice guys...already have had an alert....
Really, some people need to give it a rest and you can report me if your that vain.
How about Worcester Mass. Is it WOR-Cester or is it WO-R-cester. Only us who live in mass know for sure and the end of the line on the old B&A now CSX.
I always thought it was:
Paak da ca in Wooosta,
Take da train ta Havad Yad.
J Daddy posted:Well let us not forget these:
Bucyrus... built in Bucyrus Ohio...
And the Cuyahoga RR
And Schenectady NY...
Worcester Massachusetts:
Kissimmee, Florida:
And let us not even talk about Towns and cities in Hawaii !
I am sorry JDaddy, but your post is not helping me to correctly pronounce the words correctly.
Number 90 posted:What's the correct pronunciation for the Monongahela Railroad?
In Monongalia County you will find the Monongahela River that passes between Morgantown & Westover, West Virginia.
As stated above Monongahela is pronounced Muh-non-ga-hay'-luh. Monongalia would be pronounced like Muh-non-ga'-le-a. I live in western Pa., so I have a bunch of words that are messed up.
D.
rattler21 posted:How did JFK get Cuber out of Cuba? John in Lansing, ILL
The same way NBCSN's Leigh Diffey got Chiner out of China and NFL announcers get Jagwires out of Jaguar!
It's Newark (New- work) NJ but
Newark ( New-Ark) DE.
Can't believe this one has not come up yet: how is Norfolk and Southern pronounced?
If somebody tries to spell Norfolk phonetically, we'll have ANOTHER alert! 
Dieselbob posted:If somebody tries to spell Norfolk phonetically, we'll have ANOTHER alert!
Now THAT is funny.
Juniata Guy:
Having been a Delta pilot for 39 years, our home base was simply called "Lana", unless you your physically there in town. Then you were "At-Lana".
Hartman posted:Number 90 posted:What's the correct pronunciation for the Monongahela Railroad?
In Monongalia County you will find the Monongahela River that passes between Morgantown & Westover, West Virginia.
As stated above Monongahela is pronounced Muh-non-ga-hay'-luh. Monongalia would be pronounced like Muh-non-ga'-le-a. I live in western Pa., so I have a bunch of words that are messed up.
D.
what're yinz talkin abaat?
hokie71 posted:Can't believe this one has not come up yet: how is Norfolk and Southern pronounced?
(Of course you know that there is actually no "and".) I keep hearing it pronounced Nor-fork-n-Southern by my fellow Texan railroaders, including many who have a lot of education.
In Virginia, they surely pronounce it differently.
Number 90 posted:(Of course you know that there is actually no "and".)
There used to be: History of the Norfolk & Southern
"Owners of the EC&N soon formed plans to extend the line southward. They changed the name of the company to Norfolk Southern Railroad Company on February 1st, 1883 to indicate this. The company entered receivership in 1889 and emerged as the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company in 1891. At the same time, the Ablemarle and Pantego Railroad became part of the new company. That railroad ran from Mackey's Ferry, NC (now known as Mackeys) through Pantego to Belhaven, NC. It also operated a ferry service from Mackey's Ferry across Albemarle Sound to Edenton, where it connected with the N&S."
Lawn Guylynn.
Lawn doesn't end with a g and Guylynn doesn't end with a d
rat
smd4 posted:Number 90 posted:(Of course you know that there is actually no "and".)
There used to be: History of the Norfolk & Southern
"Owners of the EC&N soon formed plans to extend the line southward. They changed the name of the company to Norfolk Southern Railroad Company on February 1st, 1883 to indicate this. The company entered receivership in 1889 and emerged as the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company in 1891. At the same time, the Ablemarle and Pantego Railroad became part of the new company. That railroad ran from Mackey's Ferry, NC (now known as Mackeys) through Pantego to Belhaven, NC. It also operated a ferry service from Mackey's Ferry across Albemarle Sound to Edenton, where it connected with the N&S."
Yes, interesting history but, that doesn't have anything to do with the current Norfolk Southern, which was a result of the merger between the Norfolk And Western Rwy and the Southern Railway.
Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
Everyone in MA knows Worcester is pronounced "Wistah".
Steam Crazy posted:Everyone in MA knows Worcester is pronounced "Wistah".
Well... if that was aimed at my story you have two options:
1. Either the guy was wrong on his pronunciation.
OR
2. My memory ain't what it used to be.
Either way... you got a rough row to hoe!
Now what were we talking about?
Andre
willygee posted:Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
Had an Aunt & Uncle who lived in Holidaysburg, PA, just down the road from Altoona and on the Juniata River. The Juniata that I always heard was Jun-e- at-ah
Hot Water posted:smd4 posted:Number 90 posted:(Of course you know that there is actually no "and".)
There used to be: History of the Norfolk & Southern
"Owners of the EC&N soon formed plans to extend the line southward. They changed the name of the company to Norfolk Southern Railroad Company on February 1st, 1883 to indicate this. The company entered receivership in 1889 and emerged as the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company in 1891. At the same time, the Ablemarle and Pantego Railroad became part of the new company. That railroad ran from Mackey's Ferry, NC (now known as Mackeys) through Pantego to Belhaven, NC. It also operated a ferry service from Mackey's Ferry across Albemarle Sound to Edenton, where it connected with the N&S."
Yes, interesting history but, that doesn't have anything to do with the current Norfolk Southern, which was a result of the merger between the Norfolk And Western Rwy and the Southern Railway.
I never said it did.
ratpak posted:
Lawn Guylynn.
Lawn doesn't end with a g and Guylynn doesn't end with a d
rat
Wonder how many realize you're quoting Brooklynese for Long Island?
PRR is pronounced Pea Are Are, or by pirates, Pee Arrrr Arrrr.
ratpak posted:
Lawn Guylynn.
I thought it was one word, Lonkilin (Lonk-I-Lin). (I was born in Queens).
dkdkrd posted:Richie C. posted:And in Mass don't forget Peabody and Woburn.
Yepper.....and my Brother-in-Law is from Athol, Mass.!
He has a lot of fun with that among his friends down in Foriduh ...where "Venice" (home) is, thankfully, pronounced consistently well....even by Canadians and Canadiens.
Actually, I was born in Athol about - #$^())dh(*^$# - years ago (well, in the early '50's) and we moved out when I was 12.
Small world - was your B-I-L born there ?
willygee posted:Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
Juniata? C’mon; how hard can that be? 😉
Curt
Up until my 30's I thought Juniata was pronounced "Wuu nee ta
J Daddy posted:Well let us not forget these:
Bucyrus... built in Bucyrus Ohio...
And the Cuyahoga RR
And Schenectady NY...
Worcester Massachusetts:
Kissimmee, Florida:
And let us not even talk about Towns and cities in Hawaii !
Times up !
1) Bew Ci Rus Ohio
2) KY- ya -HOH - ga Ohio
3) SKa Neck ta ti New York
4) Wuu - ster Massachusetts
5) Kas sim mee Florida
Gautier,Mississippi
Pronounced - Go Shay
Living in a major metropolitan broadcasting area, what can be even more surprising is sometimes hearing tv and radio personalities who are obviously transplants to the area, mispronouncing some of our local rail lines commuter stops. As professionals, it's hard to believe they wouldn't check such pronounciations beforehand since they're most likely aware that not all names can be pronounced phonetically, especially since here in S.E. Pennsylvania, many are names derived from various American Indian tribes who populated the area. At times, even the voices in GPS units mispronounce some street names and towns.
juniata guy posted:willygee posted:Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
Juniata? C’mon; how hard can that be? 😉
Curt
Living in so cal for ten years..well the "J" goes silent
I live near Rolla, MO: that's Rah-Luh, thankyouverymuch ;-)
It is actually named after Raleigh, NC, which, when some of the original settlers in this area departed there to come here, was pronounced the same way, inherited from the English (as in England English) pronunciation. But they warnt gud spellerz.
Reminds me about the story of an Italian immigrant who arrived in Norfolk Virginia and asked "why". 
Nobody mentioned Arkansas - river and state spelled the same; pronounced differently.
willygee posted:juniata guy posted:willygee posted:Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
Juniata? C’mon; how hard can that be? 😉
Curt
Living in so cal for ten years..well the "J" goes silent
As in El Cajon. John
prrhorseshoecurve posted:It's Newark (New- work) NJ but
Newark ( New-Ark) DE.
The helpful, but fast talking men at Liberty station asked is if we needed tickets to Newark or New York?
Yeah, we botched that one...
Andre, maybe I was wrong about Worcester. It could be "Wister" instead of "Wistah". As a lifelong Central MA resident, I can tell you for sure Worcester ain't pronounced "Wuuster", "Wooster" or "Worchester" (at least, in "these parts").
Here's another brain teaser for you Forum members. How do you pronounce the name of the town immediately West of Worcester, Leicester?
John
willygee posted:Try "Juniata"..have to use google to pronounce correctly
I think it's pronounced like Deputy Barney Fife's squeeze up at the diner …. Juanita.
Steam Crazy posted:Here's another brain teaser for you Forum members. How do you pronounce the name of the town immediately West of Worcester, Leicester?
John
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